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| Photography by Jim Bastardo |
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| Photography by Jim Bastardo |
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| Photography by Jim Bastardo |
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| Photography by Jim Bastardo |
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| Photography by Jim Bastardo |
In 1921, a young engineer named Bernard-Albin Gras designed a series of lamps for use in offices and industrial environments. The Lampe Gras, as it came to be known, is the quintessential French architect lamp. Astounding in its simple yet beautiful design, which had neither screws nor welded joints in the basic form, it quickly gained a cult following in France.
Championing the lamps as modern classics, Le Corbusier described them as a “type-objet”; an object reduced to its pure function. He used the lamps in his own offices, as well as in many of his most famous architectural projects all over the world.
Read more at Design Milk The Catalog was Photographed by the wonderful Jim Bastardo
Read more at Design Milk The Catalog was Photographed by the wonderful Jim Bastardo
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